diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 70642dfa4..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "rust"]
-	path = rust
-	url = https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/rust.git
-	branch = redox-2025-10-03
-	update = none
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3bea31f74..9b1d895bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -985,8 +985,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redoxer"
-version = "0.2.61"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redoxer.git#4cbd0fce38d19427c8619dd67f1d94f899100683"
+version = "0.2.62"
+source = "git+https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redoxer.git#3a5882bf173f72a9d4e679679919e24e4f103c6f"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "dirs",
diff --git a/mk/config.mk b/mk/config.mk
index a1a72a31b..9d0373ca4 100644
--- a/mk/config.mk
+++ b/mk/config.mk
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ CONTAINERFILE?=podman/redox-base-containerfile
 # Per host variables
 NPROC=nproc
 SED=sed
+FIND=find
 
 ifneq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 FSTOOLS_IN_PODMAN=0
@@ -106,9 +107,11 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
 	FUMOUNT=umount
 	NPROC=sysctl -n hw.ncpu
 	SED=gsed
+	FIND=gfind
 	VB_AUDIO=coreaudio
 	VBM=/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage
 else ifeq ($(UNAME),FreeBSD)
+	FIND=gfind
 	FUMOUNT=sudo umount
 	VB_AUDIO=pulse # To check, will probably be OSS on most setups
 	VBM=VBoxManage
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ endif
 
 REPO_TAG=$(BUILD)/repo.tag
 FSTOOLS_TAG=build/fstools.tag
-export BOARD
+export BOARD FIND
 
 ifeq ($(SCCACHE_BUILD),1)
 	export CC_WRAPPER:=sccache
diff --git a/mk/prefix.mk b/mk/prefix.mk
index 625cbcf87..b0c81d857 100644
--- a/mk/prefix.mk
+++ b/mk/prefix.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ GCC_TARGET=recipes/dev/gcc13/target/$(HOST_TARGET)/$(TARGET)
 LIBSTDCXX_TARGET=recipes/libs/libstdcxx-v3/target/$(TARGET)/$(HOST_TARGET)
 RELIBC_FREESTANDING_TARGET=recipes/core/relibc/target/$(TARGET)/$(HOST_TARGET)
 RELIBC_TARGET=recipes/core/relibc/target/$(TARGET)
+LLVM_TARGET=recipes/dev/llvm21/target/$(HOST_TARGET)/$(TARGET)
+RUST_TARGET=recipes/dev/rust/target/$(HOST_TARGET)/$(TARGET)
 
 # official RISC-V support introduced in newer version
 UPSTREAM_RUSTC_VERSION=2025-11-15
@@ -21,13 +23,6 @@ PREFIX_CONFIG=CI=1 COOKBOOK_CLEAN_BUILD=true COOKBOOK_CLEAN_TARGET=false COOKBOO
 
 prefix: $(PREFIX)/sysroot
 
-PREFIX_STRIP=\
-	mkdir -p bin libexec "$(TARGET)/bin" && \
-	find bin libexec "$(TARGET)/bin" "$(TARGET)/lib" \
-		-type f \
-		-exec strip --strip-unneeded {} ';' \
-		2> /dev/null
-
 # Remove prefix builds but retain downloaded binaries
 prefix_clean:
 	rm -rf $(PREFIX)/sysroot $(PREFIX)/*-install
@@ -39,16 +34,17 @@ static_clean: | $(FSTOOLS_TAG)
 	$(MAKE) c.bash,luajit,gettext,openssl1,pcre2,sdl1,zstd,zlib,bzip2,xz
 	$(MAKE) c.expat,freetype,libffi,libiconv,libjpeg,liborbital,libpng,libxml2,ncurses,ncursesw
 
-$(PREFIX)/relibc-install: $(PREFIX)/rust-install | $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
+$(PREFIX)/relibc-install: $(PREFIX)/rust-install $(PREFIX)/gcc-install | $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
 else
 	@echo "\033[1;36;49mBuilding relibc-install\033[0m"
 	rm -rf "$@.partial" "$@"
-	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/rust-install" "$@.partial"
-	rm -rf "$@.partial/$(TARGET)/include/"*
-	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/rust-install/$(GNU_TARGET)/include/c++" "$@.partial/$(GNU_TARGET)/include/c++"
-	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/rust-install/lib/rustlib/$(HOST_TARGET)/lib/" "$@.partial/lib/rustlib/$(HOST_TARGET)/"
+	mkdir "$@.partial"
+	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/gcc-install/". "$@.partial"
+	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/rust-install/". "$@.partial"
+	rm -rf "$@.partial/$(GNU_TARGET)/include/"*
+	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/gcc-install/$(GNU_TARGET)/include/c++" "$@.partial/$(GNU_TARGET)/include/c++"
 	export PATH="$(ROOT)/$@.partial/bin:$$PATH" && \
 	export CARGO="env -u CARGO cargo" $(PREFIX_CONFIG) && \
 	./target/release/repo cook relibc
@@ -65,7 +61,65 @@ $(PREFIX)/relibc-install.tar.gz: $(PREFIX)/relibc-install
 		--directory="$<" \
 		.
 
-# TODO: move this behind PREFIX_BINARY=0 when compiled prefix has it
+
+$(PREFIX)/sysroot: $(PREFIX)/relibc-install $(CONTAINER_TAG)
+ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
+	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
+else
+	rm -rf "$@"
+	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/relibc-install/" "$@"
+# adapt path for libtoolize
+	sed 's|/usr/share|$(ROOT)/$@/share|g' "$@/bin/libtoolize.orig" > "$@/bin/libtoolize"
+	chmod 0755 "$@/bin/libtoolize"
+	touch "$@"
+endif
+
+# PREFIX_BINARY ---------------------------------------------------
+ifeq ($(PREFIX_BINARY),1)
+
+$(PREFIX)/rust-install.tar.gz: | $(CONTAINER_TAG)
+ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
+	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
+else
+	mkdir -p "$(@D)"
+	wget -O $@.partial "https://static.redox-os.org/toolchain/$(HOST_TARGET)/$(TARGET)/rust-install.tar.gz"
+	mv $@.partial $@
+endif
+
+$(PREFIX)/gcc-install.tar.gz: | $(CONTAINER_TAG)
+ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
+	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
+else
+	mkdir -p "$(@D)"
+	wget -O $@.partial "https://static.redox-os.org/toolchain/$(HOST_TARGET)/$(TARGET)/gcc-install.tar.gz"
+	mv $@.partial $@
+endif
+
+$(PREFIX)/gcc-install: $(PREFIX)/gcc-install.tar.gz $(CONTAINER_TAG)
+ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
+	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
+else
+	rm -rf "$@.partial" "$@"
+	mkdir -p "$@.partial"
+	tar --extract --file "$<" --directory "$@.partial" --no-same-owner --strip-components=1
+	touch "$@.partial"
+	mv "$@.partial" "$@"
+endif
+
+$(PREFIX)/rust-install: $(PREFIX)/rust-install.tar.gz $(CONTAINER_TAG)
+ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
+	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
+else
+	rm -rf "$@.partial" "$@"
+	mkdir -p "$@.partial"
+	tar --extract --file "$<" --directory "$@.partial" --no-same-owner --strip-components=1
+	touch "$@.partial"
+	mv "$@.partial" "$@"
+endif
+
+else
+
+# BUILD GCC ---------------------------------------------------
 $(PREFIX)/libtool-install: | $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
@@ -84,46 +138,6 @@ else
 	mv "$@.partial" "$@"
 endif
 
-$(PREFIX)/sysroot: $(PREFIX)/relibc-install $(PREFIX)/libtool-install $(CONTAINER_TAG)
-ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
-	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
-else
-	rm -rf "$@"
-	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/relibc-install/" "$@"
-	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/libtool-install/". "$@"
-# adapt path for libtoolize
-	sed 's|/usr/share|$(ROOT)/$@/share|g' "$@/bin/libtoolize.orig" > "$@/bin/libtoolize"
-	chmod 0755 "$@/bin/libtoolize"
-	touch "$@"
-endif
-
-# PREFIX_BINARY ---------------------------------------------------
-ifeq ($(PREFIX_BINARY),1)
-
-$(PREFIX)/rust-install.tar.gz: | $(CONTAINER_TAG)
-ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
-	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
-else
-	mkdir -p "$(@D)"
-	#TODO: figure out why rust-install.tar.gz is missing /lib/rustlib/$(HOST_TARGET)/lib
-	wget -O $@.partial "https://static.redox-os.org/toolchain/$(HOST_TARGET)/$(TARGET)/relibc-install.tar.gz"
-	mv $@.partial $@
-endif
-
-$(PREFIX)/rust-install: $(PREFIX)/rust-install.tar.gz $(CONTAINER_TAG)
-ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
-	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
-else
-	rm -rf "$@.partial" "$@"
-	mkdir -p "$@.partial"
-	tar --extract --file "$<" --directory "$@.partial" --no-same-owner --strip-components=1
-	touch "$@.partial"
-	mv "$@.partial" "$@"
-endif
-
-else
-
-# BUILD GCC ---------------------------------------------------
 $(PREFIX)/binutils-install: | $(PREFIX)/libtool-install $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
@@ -175,7 +189,7 @@ else
 	mv "$@.partial" "$@"
 endif
 
-$(PREFIX)/gcc-install: $(PREFIX)/relibc-freestanding-install $(PREFIX)/libtool-install | $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
+$(PREFIX)/gcc-install: $(PREFIX)/relibc-freestanding-install | $(PREFIX)/libtool-install $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
 else
@@ -289,14 +303,13 @@ else
 	mv $@.partial $@
 endif
 
-$(PREFIX)/rust-install: $(PREFIX)/gcc-install $(PREFIX)/rustc-install.tar.xz $(PREFIX)/cargo-install.tar.xz $(PREFIX)/rust-std-host-install.tar.xz $(PREFIX)/rust-std-target-install.tar.xz $(PREFIX)/rust-src-install.tar.xz
+$(PREFIX)/rust-install: $(PREFIX)/rustc-install.tar.xz $(PREFIX)/cargo-install.tar.xz $(PREFIX)/rust-std-host-install.tar.xz $(PREFIX)/rust-std-target-install.tar.xz $(PREFIX)/rust-src-install.tar.xz
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
 else
 	@echo "\033[1;36;49mBuilding rust-install\033[0m"
 	rm -rf "$@.partial" "$@"
 	mkdir -p "$@.partial"
-	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/gcc-install/". "$@.partial"
 	tar --extract --file "$(PREFIX)/rustc-install.tar.xz" -C "$@.partial" rustc-nightly-$(HOST_TARGET)/rustc/ --strip-components=2
 	tar --extract --file "$(PREFIX)/cargo-install.tar.xz" --directory "$@.partial" cargo-nightly-$(HOST_TARGET)/cargo/ --strip-components=2
 	tar --extract --file "$(PREFIX)/rust-std-host-install.tar.xz" --directory "$@.partial" rust-std-nightly-$(HOST_TARGET)/rust-std-$(HOST_TARGET)/ --strip-components=2
@@ -312,42 +325,21 @@ endif
 # BUILD RUST ---------------------------------------------------
 else 
 
-$(ROOT)/rust/configure:
-	git submodule sync --recursive
-	git submodule update --progress --init --recursive --checkout rust
-
-$(PREFIX)/rust-install: $(ROOT)/rust/configure | $(PREFIX)/gcc-install $(PREFIX)/relibc-freestanding-install $(CONTAINER_TAG)
+$(PREFIX)/rust-install: | $(PREFIX)/libtool-install $(FSTOOLS_TAG) $(CONTAINER_TAG)
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
 else
 	@echo "\033[1;36;49mBuilding rust-install\033[0m"
-	rm -rf "$(PREFIX)/rust-build" "$@.partial" "$@"
-	mkdir -p "$(PREFIX)/rust-build"
-	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/gcc-install" "$@.partial"
-	cp -r "$(PREFIX)/relibc-freestanding-install/$(GNU_TARGET)" "$@.partial"
-	cd "$(PREFIX)/rust-build" && \
-	export PATH="$(ROOT)/$@.partial/bin:$$PATH" && \
-	"$<" \
-		--prefix="/" \
-		--disable-docs \
-		--disable-download-ci-llvm \
-		--enable-cargo-native-static \
-		--enable-dist-src \
-		--enable-extended \
-		--enable-lld \
-		--enable-llvm-static-stdcpp \
-		--tools=cargo,src \
-		--target="$(HOST_TARGET),$(TARGET)" \
-		&& \
-	$(MAKE) -j `$(NPROC)` && \
-	rm -rf $(ROOT)/$@.partial/lib/rustlib/{components,install.log,rust-installer-version,uninstall.sh,manifest-*} "$(ROOT)/$@.partial/share/doc/rust" && \
-	$(MAKE) -j `$(NPROC)` install DESTDIR="$(ROOT)/$@.partial"
-	rm -rf "$(PREFIX)/rust-build"
-	mkdir -p "$@.partial/lib/rustlib/$(HOST_TARGET)/bin"
-	mkdir -p "$@.partial/lib/rustlib/$(HOST_TARGET)/lib"
-	cd "$@.partial" && find . -name *.old -exec rm {} ';' && $(PREFIX_STRIP)
-	touch "$@.partial"
+	rm -rf "$@.partial" "$@"
+	export PATH="$(ROOT)/$(PREFIX)/libtool-install/bin:$$PATH" \
+		$(PREFIX_CONFIG) COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT=/usr COOKBOOK_CROSS_TARGET=$(TARGET) && \
+		./target/release/repo cook host:llvm21 host:rust
+	cp -r "$(RUST_TARGET)/stage/usr/". "$@.partial"
+	cp -r "$(LLVM_TARGET)/stage/usr/". "$@.partial"
 	mv "$@.partial" "$@"
+# TODO: Cache from RUST_TARGET and LLVM_TARGET is currently not cleared.
+# TIP: If you're developing std for rust, remove COOKBOOK_CLEAN_BUILD=true 
+#      at the top of this file so your next rust build reuses the build cache
 endif
 
 endif
diff --git a/mk/repo.mk b/mk/repo.mk
index 1e45dfe84..8c9b6a727 100644
--- a/mk/repo.mk
+++ b/mk/repo.mk
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 # Show what to cook
-rt.%: prefix $(FSTOOLS_TAG) FORCE
+rt.%: $(FSTOOLS_TAG) FORCE
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
 else
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pp.%: $(FSTOOLS_TAG) FORCE
 	$(MAKE) p.$*,--with-package-deps
 
 # Show what to push
-pt.%: prefix $(FSTOOLS_TAG) FORCE
+pt.%: $(FSTOOLS_TAG) FORCE
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 	$(PODMAN_RUN) make $@
 else
diff --git a/recipes/dev/clang21/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/clang21/recipe.toml
index 47fd8409a..3aa91f19c 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/clang21/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/clang21/recipe.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=Off
     -DLLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN=On
     -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH=$ARCH
-    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="X86;AArch64"
     -DLLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
     -DLLVM_UTILS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
     -DUNIX=1
diff --git a/recipes/dev/lld21/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/lld21/recipe.toml
index 11cc7dceb..1fa2cf5ac 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/lld21/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/lld21/recipe.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=Off
     -DLLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN=On
     -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH=$ARCH
-    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="X86;AArch64"
     -DLLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
     -DLLVM_UTILS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
     -DUNIX=1
diff --git a/recipes/dev/llvm21/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/llvm21/recipe.toml
index 6d618fc21..6b87a1b42 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/llvm21/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/llvm21/recipe.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
 ARCH="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
 
+case "${ARCH}" in
+    x86 | x86_64) LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="X86";;
+    aarch64) LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="AArch64";;
+    riscv64gc) LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="RISCV";;
+esac
+
+if [ "${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}" = "/usr" ]; then
+    LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="X86;AArch64;RISCV"
+fi
+
 # This just build the LLVM library and tools just enough for Rust, to build the rest of LLVM see
 # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-zorg/blob/main/zorg/buildbot/builders/annotated/standalone-build.sh
 
@@ -28,6 +38,7 @@ COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=On
     -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_COV_BUILD=On
     -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_PROFDATA_BUILD=On
+    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="$LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD"
 
 # the rest of options that shared to clang
     -DCROSS_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS_NATIVE="-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(realpath "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/native.cmake")"
@@ -43,14 +54,11 @@ COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=Off
     -DLLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN=On
     -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH=$ARCH
-    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="X86;AArch64"
     -DLLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
     -DLLVM_UTILS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
     -DUNIX=1
 )
 
-# Native tablegen build fails with too many jobs, limit to 16
-COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS="$(( ${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS} > 16 ? 16 : ${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS} ))"
 COOKBOOK_SOURCE="$COOKBOOK_SOURCE/llvm"
 cookbook_cmake
 """
diff --git a/recipes/dev/rust/config-bootstrap.toml b/recipes/dev/rust/config-bootstrap.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08aa9408e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/dev/rust/config-bootstrap.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[llvm]
+download-ci-llvm = false
+static-libstdcpp = false
+# shared with lld
+link-shared = true
+
+[build]
+host = ["TARGET"]
+target = ["TARGET", "i586-unknown-redox", "x86_64-unknown-redox", "aarch64-unknown-redox", "riscv64gc-unknown-redox"]
+cargo-native-static = true
+submodules = false
+docs = false
+tools = ["cargo", "clippy", "rustfmt", "src"]
+extended = true
+verbose = 1
+
+[install]
+prefix = "install"
+sysconfdir = "etc"
+
+[rust]
+backtrace = false
+codegen-tests = false
+
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+llvm-config = "COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN/bin/llvm-config"
+
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+llvm-config = "COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN/bin/llvm-config"
diff --git a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml
index 81b4152e5..16e406ebe 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml
@@ -9,17 +9,26 @@ dependencies = [
     "llvm21",
     "zlib",
     "curl",
-    "openssl1",
+    "openssl3",
 ]
 dev-dependencies = [ 
     "llvm21.dev",
     "llvm21.runtime",
+    "lld21",
     "host:llvm21",
     "host:llvm21.dev",
     "host:llvm21.runtime",
 ]
 
 script = """
+if [ "${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}" = "/usr" ]; then
+
+cat ${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/config-bootstrap.toml > config.toml
+sed -i "s|TARGET|${TARGET}|g" config.toml
+sed -i "s|COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN|${COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN}|g" config.toml
+
+else
+
 DYNAMIC_INIT
 # Linker flags for stage2 compiler (host -> target)
 export LDFLAGS_x86_64_unknown_redox="${LDFLAGS}" # LLVM
@@ -36,13 +45,15 @@ export RUSTFLAGS_BOOTSTRAP="\
 export CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS_BOOTSTRAP}"
 export CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS_BOOTSTRAP}"
 
-# Don't poison the stage1 compiler (host -> host)
-unset AR AS CC CXX LD LDFLAGS NM OBJCOPY OBJDUMP RANLIB READELF RUSTFLAGS STRIP
-
 cat ${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/config.toml > config.toml
 sed -i "s|COOKBOOK_SYSROOT|${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}|g" config.toml
 sed -i "s|COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN|${COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN}|g" config.toml
 
+fi
+
+# Don't poison the stage1 compiler (host -> host)
+unset AR AS CC CXX LD LDFLAGS NM OBJCOPY OBJDUMP RANLIB READELF RUSTFLAGS CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS STRIP
+
 python3 "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/x.py" install \
     --config config.toml \
     --jobs ${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}
@@ -50,6 +61,18 @@ python3 "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/x.py" install \
 mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr
 rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_BUILD}"/install/* "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/
 rm -rf "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/lib/rustlib/*.log
+
+# workaround for rust.lld, needed by e.g. compiling bootloader
+# https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/143076#issuecomment-3011710678
+LLD_DIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/rustlib/$TARGET/bin"
+mkdir -p $LLD_DIR/gcc-ld
+cp ${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/bin/lld $LLD_DIR/rust-lld
+ln -s rust-lld $LLD_DIR/wasm-component-ld
+ln -s ../rust-lld $LLD_DIR/gcc-ld/ld.lld
+ln -s ../rust-lld $LLD_DIR/gcc-ld/ld64.lld
+ln -s ../rust-lld $LLD_DIR/gcc-ld/lld-link
+ln -s ../rust-lld $LLD_DIR/gcc-ld/wasm-ld
+ln -s ../../../libLLVM.so.21.1 $LLD_DIR/../lib/libLLVM.so.21.1
 """
 
 [[optional-packages]]
diff --git a/recipes/web/netsurf/recipe.toml b/recipes/web/netsurf/recipe.toml
index 2ad9bf01a..64157b066 100644
--- a/recipes/web/netsurf/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/web/netsurf/recipe.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
 COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS="$(( ${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS} > 8 ? 8 : ${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS} ))"
 
 export TARGET="framebuffer"
-export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -I${PWD}/inst-${TARGET}/include"
+export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -I${PWD}/inst-${TARGET}/include"
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib -L${PWD}/inst-${TARGET}/lib -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition -Wl,-rpath-link,${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib"
 # nghttp2 is not linked for some reason
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -lcurl -lnghttp2"
diff --git a/rust b/rust
deleted file mode 160000
index 17efb220e..000000000
--- a/rust
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 17efb220ec74a1bb36dfcc266ab86b3761e406b5
diff --git a/src/cook/script.rs b/src/cook/script.rs
index 66ffbf962..9cf21e9d3 100644
--- a/src/cook/script.rs
+++ b/src/cook/script.rs
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="${COOKBOOK_BUILD}/target"
 
 # This adds the sysroot includes for most C compilation
 #TODO: check paths for spaces!
-export CFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include"
-export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include"
+export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include"
 
 # This adds the sysroot libraries and compiles binaries statically for most C compilation
 #TODO: check paths for spaces!
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ then
     install_flags=--debug
     build_flags=
     build_type=debug
-    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -g"
     export CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -g"
 fi
 
@@ -229,6 +227,12 @@ set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME ${SYSTEM_NAME})
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR ${arch})
 EOF
 
+    if [ "$target" = "$TARGET" ]
+    then
+        echo "set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS \"${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS}\")" >> $file
+        echo "set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS \"${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS}\")" >> $file
+    fi
+
     if [ -n "${CC_WRAPPER}" ]
     then
         echo "set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CC_WRAPPER})" >> $file
@@ -291,9 +295,9 @@ function cookbook_meson {
     echo "[properties]" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "needs_exe_wrapper = true" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "sys_root = '${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}'" >> cross_file.txt
-    echo "c_args = [$(printf "'%s', " $CFLAGS | sed 's/, $//')]" >> cross_file.txt
-    echo "cpp_args = [$(printf "'%s', " $CPPFLAGS | sed 's/, $//')]" >> cross_file.txt
-    echo "c_link_args = [$(printf "'%s', " $LDFLAGS | sed 's/, $//')]" >> cross_file.txt
+    echo "c_args = [$(printf "'%s', " "$CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS" | sed 's/, $//')]" >> cross_file.txt
+    echo "cpp_args = [$(printf "'%s', " "$CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS" | sed 's/, $//')]" >> cross_file.txt
+    echo "c_link_args = [$(printf "'%s', " "$LDFLAGS" | sed 's/, $//')]" >> cross_file.txt
 
     unset AR
     unset AS